He said this during the 23rd Synod and 70th anniversary of Kaduna Diocese held in Kaduna, Sunday.
Archbishop Yahaya said the situation in which Nigerians find themselves was disheartening because of the hardship and insecurity bedeviling the country.
The cleric lamented that the future has been compromised, not only for the country but also for the youths because of the enormous debt the leaders borrowed and no projects on the ground to back it up.
He however warned the present crop of leaders that if the future generation sees no project for the future, they will lose all confidence in their leaders and those who govern them as well as in themselves and every reason to live. “By frustration and discouragement, they will fall prey to alcoholism and drug abuse, which by the way is already the case with many of them,” he said.
The Bishop also called on the leadership to address what he called poor governance in the country, attacking political leaders for excessive corruption and the siphoning off of the nation’s wealth.
“looking at the way our leaders move around in convoy you will be forced to ask a question” is this the same country where Garri is no longer the food of the common man?
” you will also ponder if this is the country that is losing its personnel to insurgents and terrorists yet can’t find a way to tackle it,” he said
Speaking on the plan for an indefinite strike by organized Labour, after they pulled out of the negotiation and rejected two Federal Government offer, the latest being N60,000 insisting on N497,000 as minimum wage, he said he does not believe that the labor walking out of discussions and declaring strike would help matters.
According to him, the country amid hardship, cannot afford to cripple the economy further because Nigerians are hungry and pushed to the wall.
He however questions the labor leaders on what they did during the removal of subsidy and what they are doing about Electricity Tariff hikes.
According to him, organized labor should focus on revamping the industries and going back to a productive economy rather than what we have on the ground where civil servants are looting machines for politicians.
“Of course, the government on its side has to demonstrate leadership, sensitivity, and sense of mind as well as a sense of occasion of the period that we are in.
“So, government expenditure, government choices of what needed to be done, how much to be spent, the cost of governance itself, all of it has to come to the table.
“I think what labor is worried about is that they appear to be the ones on the brunt of it but we needed to be able to engage, walking out on the process and declaring a strike, I do not think that that is what is going to solve this issue.”
Bishop Yahaya however called on Nigerians to embrace peace in all circumstances because God wants peace, the rule of law, justice, and the well-being of all.
